Single-Seaters

After two years with Team Lotus Mika Häkkinen signed for McLaren in 1993 knowing that he would have to spend a season on the sidelines as test and reserve driver.…

It might not have won the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship, but nevertheless the McLaren MP4/8 holds a special place in the history of F1. Ayrton Senna’s last winning car,…

The death of Ayrton Senna was as massive a blow to racing as Jim Clark’s in 1968. Both were the clear yardsticks of their generation, though Ayrton’s occasional penchant for…

Much is written in the pages of this month’s magazine about Ayrton Senna’s fatal accident at Imola and the set of circumstances that contrived against him. A further irony is…

Miami International Autodrome, Miami, Florida, May 3-5 Momentum for the all-female F1 Academy picked up the minute Susie Wolff took the helm as managing director. Being the last female driver…

Good month Sarky Tsunoda Tsunoda’s incandescent radio comments in recent GPs have been a rare cockle-warmer in yawn-fest races. 200mph roadblock Magnussen solidified his position as a warp-speed wind-up-merchant by…

A particular set of occurrences in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix triggered a highly unusual strategic conundrum in which there was no right answer in real time, but only in…

The resignations of Alpine technical director Matt Harman and chief of aerodynamics Dirk de Beer were made before the opening race of the season, though Harman was still in situ…

Eighteen-year-old Formula 2 driver Oliver Bearman was sensationally called up at Jeddah by Ferrari for his Formula 1 debut, as Carlos Sainz was hospitalised with appendicitis. On Ferrari’s Driver Academy,…

Meet the new season, same as the old one. Max Verstappen’s Red Bull totally dominant, Charles Leclerc giving spirited chase in his Ferrari, Mercedes struggling with bouncing, McLaren in that…

Set against the background of a wildly unstable world any competitive endeavour that can be fought out for fun, achievement and promotion –rather than for basic survival – can expect…

The outstanding performance of 18-year-old British driver Oliver Bearman as Carlos Sainz’s late-notice substitute at Ferrari in Jeddah is more significant even than spotlighting a major future Formula 1 star.…

Giancarlo Fisichella was blessed with uncommon F1 car control – but did he have that killer instinct? Matt Bishop remembers the mercurial GP career of 'Fisico'

A memorial service for Sir Stirling Moss will be held in Westminster Abbey, London on May 8 to celebrate the life of one of our greatest all-round racing drivers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6t2QER79nA…

A new front was opened in the off-track wrangles facing Formula 1 with news that Susie Wolff, left, had filed a legal complaint against the FIA. The complaint focuses on…

Max Verstappen failed to reach the chequered flag for the first time in 714 days at the 2024 Australian Grand Prix, costing 47% of F1 Fantasy players 20 critical points…

F1 is heading to Japan in the spring: full details on how to watch the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix, plus live stream, TV schedule, and highlights